i though Valerian is some kind of herb used as a natural relaxer for body and mind should check it out your self though it might just be a simular spelling
Bootsie is dead as we open the book LAST CAR TO ELYSIAN FIELDS. We never actually see her death but Dave is visiting her grave in this book and she was alive in Jolie Blon's Bounce so she had to die somewhere in between. Maybe it was too hard for James Lee Burke to write.
The verb of the adjective dying is die.
In the book Poison, the young girl ventured into an ominous world to save her sister.The near-dead lamp gave an ominous glow in the pitch-dark room.The near-dead lamp gave an ominous glow in the pitch-dark room.
Yes Ezra does die, but he dies happy.
Near the very end of the book he gave all of his energy to Forest, Village, and the people. In one of the last sentences, it says Leader brought what was left of him, meaning his dead body. Leader gave him the name Healer as a name to remember him by. Also, when "the keening began," keening means a mourn for a loss. So, yes, he is dead.
Valerian Gaprindashvili died in 1941.
Valerian Tevzadze died in 1987.
Valerian Safonovich died in 1867.
Valerian Gracias died in 1978.
Valerian Onitiu died in 1948.
Valerian Gribayedoff died in 1908.
Valerian - emperor - died in 260.
Valerian Engelhardt died in 1856.
Valerian Albanov died in 1919.
Valerian Zubov died in 1804.
Valerian II died in 257.
Valerian of Abbenza died in 457.